Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya — each Tokyo Games medallists — had been on Sunday eradicated from the race for the Paris Olympics qualification after dropping their respective bouts within the choice trials for the upcoming worldwide tournaments.

Punia, who was a distinguished face of protest towards former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, suffered a crushing 1-9 defeat within the males’s freestyle 65kg semifinal towards Rohit Kumar.

This was after he barely managed to win towards Ravinder (3-3 on standards).

If Ravinder had not conceded a warning level within the bout, Punia would have been eradicated within the opening bout itself.
Punia left the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre right here in a huff after being eradicated. The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) officers tried to gather the pattern for the dope check from Punia however he didn’t keep again even for the third-fourth place bout. Punia had skilled in Russia to arrange for the trials, that are being organised by the IOA ad-hoc panel.

Punia although received a case within the Delhi High Court after contending that suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had no authority to conduct trials.

The males’s 57kg, being organised in Nordic format, was all the time a troublesome class since each Tokyo Games silver medallist Ravi Dahiya and star-in-making Aman Sehrawat had been in competition.
Dahiya, who’s making a comeback from an damage, misplaced the high-scoring opening bout 13-14 to Aman. Both of them practice at Chhatarsal Stadium.

Aman has made a reputation for himself after successful medals at virtually all tournaments in 2023 when Dahiya didn’t compete. Aman, the Asian Games bronze medallist, staved off a last-minute push from Dahiya to win the shut bout.

Dahiya misplaced the subsequent bout to U20 Asian champion Udit to be eradicated.

The winners on the trials will get the chance to compete on the Asian and World Olympic Qualifiers.

India has to date earned just one quota for the Paris Games by Antim Panghal (girls’s 53kg).